- Waxy casts have a smooth consistency but are more refractile and therefore easier to see in a regular wet sediment preparation of urine compared to hyaline casts.
- They commonly have squared off ends, as if brittle and easily broken, and also have smooth parallel-sided borders. Waxy casts indicate tubular injury of a more chronic nature than granular or cellular casts and are always of pathologic significance.
Waxy Casts
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